Chris didn’t need to learn how to conquer fear. He had to embrace it, walk with it and listen to it.

Patriotism means to stand by the people, not to stand by the party.

My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.

What I like about the '60s movies was that they were about women. They were telling women's stories. I think a lot of movies don't tell women's stories anymore.

I hate losing more than I like winning

I have no way of knowing what you are going to feel when you look at one of my paintings; I only know what I feel.

Television is so cool. Television is proving that we can be sophisticated and that people will watch, if it's good.

You see reality TV and it's not reality TV. It's contrived and everything is plotted and scripted nearly. Documentaries are the same and just as bad.

I was pretty much a minimalist. I liked a lot of black at the time, which is very different from my wardrobe now, because I live in color.

A career is a career, but youre a mother until you die.

I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth.